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OH YEAH!!!!

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No, Still got grudges to settle here!

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[Salmeuk]

I'm sorry Maloy. freak accidents........


18th Opal, 153
 Fevil stalks the caverns, having recently setting alight a troll. Curiously, this troll had many complex emotions and memories, and was over 100 years older than Fevil the terrible fire-breathing theropod. 
 
25th Opal
 Someone dropped a door into the well cistern.   
 The water tasted door-y after that.
 
4th Obsidian
 The smithery was refactored to account for the available labor and space.
 
10th Obsidian
 Usmik Gladefruits inherited the position of lady of The Coalition of Habits.
 She chose this moment to meditate on death.


16th Obsidian
 'Maloy' the Militia Commander and original overseer died today after slipping and falling onto his throat. He crawled halfway down the entrance ramp, bleeding heavily, before perishing.
 
23rd Obsidian
 Taking stock of our weaponry, we have 16 axes, 17 picks, 3 spears, 3 short swords, and a war hammer, all steel. As well as goblin weapons.
 
1st Granite
 The surface farms were replanted in a semi-covered sunken garden dug into the hillside next to the entrance keep.
 We planted longland grass, rope reeds, rye, and strawberries.
   
1st Granite, 154
 A new year! Spring is upon us. Innu, the dancer, has passed of  old age, and will be interred with the others.
 Plans for the coming year:
 -surface labyrinth to avoid casualties during sieges
 -waterfall for mood improvement
 -consolidation of stuff
 -bedrooms??
 
4th Granite
 A siege from the humans, seeking parley. We grant no such request.
 Scouts reported hundreds of the hairless tall ones outside the keep. 'Eclipse' rushed to pull the lever, shutting the microcline bridge and sealing the dwarves below ground.
 There were too many to fight, not without destroying the already fragile minds of the various fighters.

10th Slate
 The hospital was fully developed with new beds installed, and specific doctors assigned for each variety of horrible wound.
 The guildhalls need work still, lacking value neccesary to fullfill the request.
 
13th Slate
 We took stock of the steel armor available to our fighters.
 We have 19 mail shirts, 40 high boots, 40 gauntlets, 12 helms, 30 greaves, and 11 shields.

We remain under siege by 210 humans, horses, and war dogs

[kesperan]

That's a big-assed seige. Armok help you.

[tonnot98]

Dorf me as a jeweler, pls!

[Salmeuk]

Dorf me as a jeweler, pls!

dwarf'd. playing live now!

That's a big-assed seige. Armok help you.

the elves came in similar numbers and we only just survived. Armok, please, stop sir, stop this madness

[Maloy]

I declare a grudge for getting me killed! Only I have no living descendants to pass it onto! Curse this blasted anti-dwarf world!

I'll probably wanna be re-dwarfed just wanna play a soldier at the least. I want all the military exploits!


Also our fort keeps making artifact childrens toys which is really dark, because there are no living children in our entire kingdom. Also the humans and goblins keep trying to take them!

[Salmeuk]

Oh alright, I'll throw another dwarf at ya this next time. I will play once more before  passing the save along. journal for today below, probably a bit incoherent at times:

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1st Felsite
 The food stocks are low, well, not really. We have over 600 roasted tidbits and dehydrated soup stocks and jerkied turkeys. But very few plants and drinks remain.
 Horrifyingly, we have no plump helmet spawn. Zero. Either we cooked it all or the rats got to it.
 This forces our hand, and to the caverns we must go. Deep below the first layer there exists another, full of fungus. In fact this is where the plump helmet comes from, for it was in these caverns it was domesticated.
 
10th Felsite
 'Manic' has created Baseninem, "The Sprayed Requirements," a pyrite floodgate. It is encircled with bands of round pyrite cabochons.
 
3rd Hematite
 The discovery of the second cavern layer occurred this day. Wonderful fungus was spotted growing in the muck below.
 Yet, who knows what lurks ? The squads are assembled and given the last of the beer to revive their spirit before the reconnaissance operation.
 As the pick-wielding, steel-clad dwarves fanned out they explored a vast network of interlacing fungal canopies. Some of these trees had been alive for centuries, since the gods first made this world.
 A small lake was discovered in the north, and the bottom of the so-called bottomless pit was found. It was littered with the corpses of small vermin.
 Miraculously, the dwarves has selected a staircase location that delved through one of the larger, defined stalactite masses in the caverns. This chuck of rock would make for an interesting fortress point of interest, should it be developed.
 The caverns proved so confusing and circuitous that the squads failed to reach the end of the southern passageways, which remain unexplored for the moment.
 The rest of the fortress was employed in digging up fungal tubers. Soon, the drinks returned to the tavern. 'Lassram' the Tavern Keeper, who is 72 years old with a pet Nanny Goat named Ingiz, was satisfied.
 Unfortunately, 'Smelly' the elf poet decided the world was too much and refused all food and drink, eventually perishing in the caverns.
 Similarly, 'Oath Keeper' perished, dying in the copper throne of The Dumplings of Wire, our tavern.
 ...
 Life goes on at Gateheaven.
 
9th Malachite
 The humans remain above, encamped, besieging us, and we are stuck below, in the dark tunnels and caverns. And yet we are thriving as never before!
 
10th Malachite
 Horrible accident today, when Kesperan was struck by a stone boulder in the staircases. This flung him downwards and the rough semi-finished steps battered him into pieces.
 
11th Malachite
 A one-humped camel was discovered lurking the tail end of the bedroom hallways. It must have snuck in before the siege and subsisted on the coarse fungus that grew between the stones.
 It will make for a good bit of eating...
 
12th Malachite
 A great scaly tapir has arrived. "Isa" has a curling trunk and a bloated body. It is gray, and breathes fire.
 'Isa' proceeded to bring death to the gorlaks, killing many.
 
4th Limestone
 'Unnameable' Releasedlabor, the vampiric dwarf, continues to berate us through the small stone fortification that separates her bloodthirsty soul from the rest of us untainted ones.
 "Society flourishes when law breakers are punished," she says, but this plea to logic falls flat against the plain fact that she wants to eat us.
 
22nd Limestone
 'midpants' the Armorer went moody, claiming a forge and platinum bars, bauxite blocks, pig tail cloth, cactus wood, kaolinite, cave spider silk, and limestone blocks.

28th Limestone
 The dwarves, at least the ones not occupied with steel production, were sent down to the caverns to gather plants. Our food production remains stagnant so this emergency measure will help keep up supply.... for now.
 
3rd Sandstone
 'midpants' has performed NOT according to name, and produced Tirduguling Nil Rul, "Brutalcraze the Hammers of Muting," a pair of platinum chain leggings. They are encrusted with oval bauxite cabochons and round kaolinite cabochons, decorated with pig tail and encircled with bands of rectangular kaolinite cabochons and cave spider silk. The object is adorned with hanging rings of limestone. On the item is an image of a dwarf in platinum. On the item is an image of three table cut gems in saguaro rib wood.
 Impressive.. the true value remains hidden as our vampire bookkeeper has become uncooperative, and refused to appraise the item until they can attend a meeting with our mayor. 
 'Passenger' the longtime mayor of Gateheaven, who was herself elected last winter,  sees no need for this meeting, and has simply replaced the vampire with herself.
 
 ..but what to do with this vampire, hmm?
 
10th Sandstone
 The invaders have been here so long, their war dogs have given birth to puppies.
 
23rd Sandstone
 The beast 'Ulthush' has arrived, it snuck past the traps and the doors of the second cavern entrance and into our stairwell.
 'Ulthush' is a giant frog with three eyes. It looks emaciated with brown leathery skin, and secretes noxious slime which coats its skin.
 'Imli' dies when kicked downstairs, falling and dying.
 'Grugni' the miner is there, and fights back with their pick, along with poet 'thijser', whose tactic of choice is firm bite.
 Eventually the giant frog perished from loss of blood. The dwarves quickly washed themselves of the disgusting frog-juices.
 Poor 'Imli' ... carelessness kills dwarves.
 
2nd Timber
 From our secret spying apparatus we spotted a cyclops approaching the encamped humans. This was either going to be very interesting or deeply, deeply disappointing.
 'Otar Gennonu Gerthu Storngut' or <Storngut>
 ambushed a party of poets and bards near the southern stream.
 There, a lengthy fight occurred, ultimately resulting in the death or injury of the poet party. Meanwhile the commotion attracted the actual siegers, who trundled on over..
 Xah Callfaith was an ordinary goblin and employed mercenary, and never imagined that this would be the year they might kill a cyclops.
 So with a quick strike to the skull, Storngut was killed, and the siege continued blissfully onward..
 
11th Timber
 Thikut was found dead in the hospital, for unknown reasons.
 

[Salmeuk]

save: https://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=17025

I'm sorry ! I forgot to name u again Maloy. Also there are plenty of elves and goblins that need naming I kinda forgot to go through and name everyone.

we need to mine more bit coal / lignite (but there are plenty of veins near the bedrooms)

beware the beast sickness - extract may lurk in places I did not find. the body itself is locked in a prison of silver

there is a goblin siege but they are in the 'parley' state and will not attack until provoked.

the ballistae are loaded and ready for operation: three launchers up top will encourage our death maze participants to leap into the pit, whereupon another set of five will shred them in the conveniently designed Forest of Perforated Columns .

levers are named. have fun. our dwarves are skilled enough to take them on in a melee, so I think, but  only when well organized. When they cannot support each other, they die. see below... RIP Salmeuk. two elephants to the brain

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14th Opal
 The leathery frog 'Ulthush' continues to kill, long after death. How, you might ask?
 First it was Thikut. Well, there may have been more before... it is unclear. But that was the first mysterious death.
 The next month, three more: 'midpants' 'krutzelpuntz' 'DerSchlund' all dead in pools of blood.
 One dwarf stumbles in. Before he collapses, we notice he is bleeding profusely. Our doctor then tells us, "It's the beast sickness! It's eating them from the inside out!"
 Which was true - 'Ghindi' was dripping blood from the nose.
 Then, 'Passenger,' Mayor of Gateheaven, dies in the hospital. More dwarves begin to arrive, all complaining of a burning feeling ... most show signs of the frog extract entering through the mucuous membranes of the eyes and nose.
 This may spell the end of Gateheaven. The frog's corpse remains in the central staircase, unhauled.
 Upur the poet takes hold of the multi ton corpse and hauls it towards the emergency containment tomb.
 
8th Obsidian
 'Sungoth' has arrived, a big nasty newt. We ignored it, locked up the second cavern layer and are focusing on preparing the death maze.
 
10th Obsidian
 Onget Fernboulder the poet has gone moody, grabbing platinum bars. Deja vu?
 In other news, 'Rager' Strifebridged has been elected mayor. 'Rager'
is 59 years old and has a pet rabbit named Uvash. 
 Onget eventually produces "Parchedwilted the Kingdom of Spells' a platinum animal trap. On the item is the image of ancient queen Sibrek Stakeslide.
 'SundayShio' has died to the beast sickness.
 
21st Obsidian
 More of the beast extract was discovered lurking underneath the wine barrels.
 
 
1st Granite, 155
 A new year. This desert remains as dry as ever..
 Prediction: by the end of summer the siege will be lifted.

11th Slate
 Our 'Death Maze' is little more than two u-bends and a deep pit. But it sounds much more intimidating, titled like this..
 The iron-tipped ballista arrows are piling up. once the stocks are full we'll let the humans have a go at the maze.
 
13th Slate
 During the preparations for battle, our food stock went empty.. we've ordered the cooks to roast up the last of the seeds and brews into passable, simple meals.
 
And then, sometime in spring, the humans left. The surface was again our to ... clean?

3rd Hematite
 The elves ambushed us during corpse cleanup.
 "Run inside! Run inside! They might have tigers!"
 'Starpike220' dodges arrows as they rush towards the gates.
 All are inside, yet the lever remains untouched. Where is the dwarf??
 The fight begins and the order is rescinded: we do not want to crush the friendly militia under a closing bridge.
 We will fight the elves a second time in two years.
 'Grudge Bearer' and 'Bruenor' lead the charge from the tunnel, towards the elven archers.
 Limbs fly as the picks descend upon the tall ones.
 As the squad exits the keep-in-construction, they see the first tiger cresting one of the red sand dunes to the south. The elves had picked a different approach this time, to no surprise, they were master tacticians after all, with many fighting wars longer than these dwarves had been alive, twice over.
 'Otto_K' joined the fray at the front of the line, sprinting towards the elves who hid underneath the small crafts shop.
 'Gandalug', commander of the first squad, The Razors of Rewarding, is the first to fight one of the tigers, striking the ambushing cat in the guts as it lept from behind one of the boulders.
 Half of the fortress military remained below, scrambling for equipment.... the fight would rest on the bravery and skill of the first squad alone.
 The dwarves were competent and stayed together, fighting three-on-one at most times, and wave after wave died to the dwarven fighters.
 'Dumathoin' is knocked to the ground, stunned by a leaping war tiger.
 'Otto_K' takes many cuts and begins to bleed, heavily, threatening to pass out.
 'Salmeuk' is stabbed in the head, a strong hit, and the force tears the neck.
 At one moment, 'Garumn' fights against eight lions and tigers at the same time.
 The lumbering elephants.. push aside the elven warriors as they charge the dwarves. This moment would be the true test of courage.
 One elephant falls to 'Bruenor' and the mythical steel pick Rabvakist. Don't forget, this is the same dwarf responsible for killing the hydra in the past years, and can claim to have killed over 55 others during  battle.
 And, just like the last elven ambush, the other enemy force coincidentally arrived at the exact WRONG moment. This time, it was the goblins, armed to the teeth with their crude weaponry
 We told them we would 'parley'. which is dwarven for 'please wait while we duel these tigers'
 This first wave, and the second, were decimated, but by the third every dwarf was tired. The trances waned and 'Salmeuk,' who had only moments earlier deftly removed the head of a leaping jaguar, suddenly faced two raging elephants. Blood spilled and all was lost as the trained war jaguars began to scratch and tear at the fallen captain's armor. Followed by the goring tusks of the elephants. So 'Salmeuk' was killed on 4th Hematite, 155, stomped by elephants.
 The rest of the creatures were killed summarily, and many cowered in fear at the dwarves.
 But what to do about the goblins?
 
 Anyways. Since my pawn died it feels appropriate to end the turn here, and pass along this fortress to the next player.

[Otto_K]

So is it Kesperan's turn now, and after that my turn?

This is a fantastic world for veteran players to challenge themselves on!

I'm not a veteran player in any sense, only have couple hundred hours on steam edition, so hope you don't mind, and look forward to some chaos... Still i should be able to keep the fort alive when my turn comes, if only through sheer cowardice

[Maloy]

Hey its whatever works!

What I like about it is that it does seem to be a world where taking advantage of pathing issues, bugs, exploits, etc are all viable ways to win rather than ways to break the game.

Sent Kesperan a message!
Salmeuk you want back on the turn list?

[kesperan]

I'll download and give this a crack tomorrow! now!

Edit: My god, I have no idea how to play Steam DF.

Got the bridge down eventually and killed 162 invaders. Many dwarves died.

So many corpse stockpiles. So many corpses.

[neblime]

Did we lose anyone else from this thread? D:

[kesperan]

Did we lose anyone else from this thread? D:

I do not see any named dwarves in the thread in the list of dead.  Mostly useless bards.

Does anyone know of the bridge over the river is linked to a lever? Would be useful to know for … reasons.

[kesperan]

Gateheaven, Year 155

Hematite 155

Population: 136
Invaders: 162

Finally, we remember where the lever for the front drawbridge is located. Thirty military dwarves surge into action, and a seige of goblins is slaughtered. Many useless bards lose their lives chasing around after war dogs. The Gloved Communion is almost decimated, but they will rebuild.

"Lanix7" Roderalath makes a lovely artifact bronze throne amongst the carnage. Sadly due to their possesion, he does not become a legendary metalcrafter. Unionmesses the Dipped Distrust. It is decorated with tiger leather, chalcedonies and the bones of camels and dogs.

So many poets arrive. Whats with that?

Population: 113
Invaders: 0

Malachite 155

The cleanup operation begins in earnest. Hundreds of pathetic wooden items and frilly socks of the tree-huggers are sent to the atomsmasher. A great melting of goblinite is begun. "ScaryWizard" Nokorfikod gives birth to a baby boy, "Kesperan" Emeraldstaff, the reincarnation of the poor soul who crushed himself with a boulder last year. His father is "Mangointango" Beriseth, the militia captain. I see great things in his future.

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Population: 114

Galena 155

The ghost of "Unlucky" Vostdolil, a ghostly human bard has risen and is haunting the fortress. How apt. The stonemasons begin crafting a slab. Meanwhile, a few of the military dwarves begin feeling depressed, weary at the constant slaughter. "Unlucky" begins haunting our resident miserable vampire, "Unnameable."

Population: 114

Limestone 155

Food and drink stocks remain steady. Baby "Kesperan" is babbling as his mother spars with the soldiers of The Gloved Communions. The ghostly human bard "Unlucky" is put to rest.

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Scores of puppies from the last human invasion have grown to become dogs, as they swim in the river at the edge of the map.

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And just on queue, a vile force of darkness arrives. A small collection of goblins and elves arrives from the east, including a human snatcher. They are quickly put down. Yet more dogs appear on the edges of the map.

The caravan arrives. Hopefully we can trade a lot of elven junk to them. Some migrants arrive, despite the danger. "Starpike220" Nimarurdim is possessed and claims a forge. He cannot find bones to finish his masterpiece. Bones! In this place?
We quickly attempt to butcher a goose before he goes insane. Finally, "Starpike220" gathers the goose bone, some magnetite and a single bar of platinum.

Rager the broker does some good dealing, trading wooden arrows and flimsy elven clothing for cloth and leather. Sadly, the caravan brings no animals of any kind, let alone elephants. The caravan does seem a little... meager. Can wagons access our Depot?

"Starpike220" crafts Nalutal, a platinum bed! Again, sadly, he does not become a legendary blacksmith. "Rager" decides, as Mayor and Broker, that he will have the bed installed in his mayoral quarters.

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Population: 121

Sandstone 155

Despite his wonderful artefact bed, "Rager" has slipped into depression. So many of the dwarves here are unhappy due to the constant attacks by elves, humans and goblins. It's hard to be happy when you are surrounded by corpses. Some bards are brawling with a diagnostician. This could get ugly.

Population: 121

Timber 155

The feral dogs continually roam the outskirts of the fort, fighting with camels. A few more bards join the ranks. Hope they like hauling.

Population: 124

Moonstone 155

The elves are at the gates! The sneaky knife-ears ambush us in early winter.

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"Otto_K" decides to take them all on himself, his pick and feet mashing elven heads with reckless abandon, before his backup arrives. More and more elves pour in through the front gate. Many hordes, war leopards and even elephants join them! This is not looking good.

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Several bards are killed in the melee, as trumpeting elephants and war leopards leap upon them. "Starpike220", crafter of Nalutal is slain, as is "Furrnok" Basnededuk, another bard. Otto, slayer of many elves, is nowhere to be seen, though we did not see him fall. The remaining elephants run terrified into the dunes as the siege is broken.

The cleanup begins again. The cycle continues. Our entranceway is choked with corpses and soaked in the blood of scores of elves. The dwarves are miserable, but any who die are immediately replaced by throngs of bards. "Riloki" Ducimbuzat the diagnostician is tantrumming constantly, causing fistfights in the tavern.

The simmering resentment spills over into bloodshed. A massive brawl breaks out in the temple. Many poets, bards and even a few dwarves are slain. The militia commander "Bruenor" is responsible for restoring order, by slaughtering the tantrummers.

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The hospital is full to brimming. And just then there is a terrible roar from the deep - as if to throw salt in our wounds a great poisonous lizard is roaming the caverns.

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Population: 111

Opal 155

For now, the slaughter seems to have abated. Blood, vomit and guts are cleaned from the temple and the tavern, and the atom smasher is put to good use. The quiet gurgling screams of plump helmet men and cave ogres being murdered by the beast Zestto are the only distractions.

Baby "Kesperan" stumbles around naked and thirsty, his mother slain. He is indignant after being forced to endure the decay of his mother. More than a third of the fortress are miserable or depressed. What a godforsaken place this is.

"Riloki" threw another tantrum and destroyed the trade depot. A few more bards are slain in a fight. There are plenty tombs, but the corpses are left to rot in the corridors.

Population: 112

Obsidian 155

It all seems eerily quiet here, though the mood is not improving. Most of those injured in the tavern brawl have now left the hospital. New coffins have been laid down. The corpse pits are full once more.

A tanner withdraws from society and creates a sleek jaguar leather glove, and is now a legendary tanner. I notice we appear to have no soap and few splints. Many of the wounded have infections. We have rounded up a few wild camels to turn into soap.

Population: 111

Granite 156

Spring has arrived. The mood in the fort is sadly much the same. No new brawls though. A thief is spotted trying to steal an artifact llama wool item and is put down.

Soon after, a great horde of over 150 goblins and humans of The Union of Frenzy arrive with their war dogs. They seek Mososrit, a chalk toy boat. We tell them to go stuff themselves and raise the gate. One human bard is mauled to death by war dogs before we can seal the fortress. Perhaps now the invaders will try Salmeuk's patented defence system?  The dogs and humans enter into the farms and slaughter a few more bards. No beards were lost that day, but what of the future?

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It is so very hard to thrive here - so few dwarves and so many attacks. Every time we clean up the mess and lay our dead to rest, another siege arrives.

I will hand the overseership over to someone hopefully more capable than I...

https://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=17029

[kesperan]

I know you said one-week turns, but I played for one year.

It's just not enjoyable for me. Every dwarf practically is miserable. There are constant seiges of >150 units every season. I don't know enough about the new DF to be able to fix this. Sorry.

If you would prefer, you can ignore my timeline and Otto can start from Sal's last turn. I am not sure the fort is salvageable at this point.

[Maloy]

Don't feel bad, Kesp. This is an exceedingly difficult fort!

Hmm. I have some ideas to improve the mood in the fort, but was waiting for my turn to come up to implement them.

1. Dwarf Bank

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A dwarf bank is not for coins, but instead it is a place to safely store dwarves until you need them. To get a dwarf bank all one has to do is conquer ANY settlement at all! Once done send all unwanted dwarves there. In this case we would send the majority of our angry dwarves there.
Every angry dwarf multiplies our odds of a loyalty cascade by A LOT. So it is important to only be rehabilitating a few at a time.

Cool feature is that the settlement cannot be reconquered by anyone. Current mission ai prevents other civs from taking places you conquer UNLESS you retire your fort. So our dwarves will be safe in the bank.

2. Taking Seasons Off

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Its important that our dwarves get a whole season off to focus on just being happy. This is how I keep most of my forts from spiraling without ever needing a mist generator or anything. Dwarves spiral from needs going unmet for too long.
I would suggest winter, because all we are gonna get in winter is goblins.

3. Everyone goes military

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Everyone who can should be in the military. No matter how good we play we will slowly lose dwarves to attrition. So we need to have fresh bodies training at all times to replace the dead. I recommend having different squads train different seasons that way our work crews are never short on help. Military training also gives happy thoughts and strengthens sanity as long as we don't have them train non-stop where they can't relax

4. Never Play Fair

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Mind you the elves and humans didn't play fair either! Ganged up on us and wiped us out! Salmeuk's ballistae murder room is a great idea. We could also create a weapon-trap blender. That would be easy to set up, because we can use the weapons of the dead invaders to fill it. The blender won't kill them all, but will sort out most ensuring our dwarves fight manageable battles and in spaces where they can support each other.

5. Leave the dead where they lie

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Bodies are a future FPS issue, but right now we aren't at full speed as a fort and can't afford to clean them all up. Leave dead invaders outside. When things calm down we will create an atom-smasher outside the front gate so we can conveniently carry them over and delete them!
Bright side: I had a fort where I never cleaned up bodies and there were hundreds outside. Invaders would actually go insane as they marched to the fort and would attack each other or fall to the ground in terror.

Meme:

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Right now this is very hard, but honestly I feel once we get a handle on our military and a solid work flow for the fort it will actually go quite smoothly.